Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games has been officially dated by Sega for an October 16th release. The sequel has basically the same premise as its predecessor, but this time, is based on events in the Olympic Winter Games. Along with a release date, Sega has released a spiffy website for the game, showcasing some new multimedia and epic music.

The site also reveals a few of the Olympic events to be featured in the game. Confirmed for the Wii version, sports taking place will be Alpine Skiing, Ice Hockey, and Speed Skating. As for the portable counterpart, Snowboard Cross and Skeleton will be included, along with Alpine Skiing.

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Sega has recently announced that a game, based on the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, is already under development.

Eurocom was said to be developing the game, whom you may recognize as the studio who also worked on the Beijing ’08 game. This game, however, will include all sorts of winter sports like, well, skiing. Hell, it even lets you ski in first person. 

Sega’s 2010 Vancouver Olympics based video game will be released to coincide with the event in 2010 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Read (Kotaku)